The architecture-related build tags in the upstream code were replaced with a simpler tag for pointer size. This ensures the package will build on any Debian architecture. The drawback is that packages using this code now have to set the tag also. Please use something like this in your rules: DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS) POINTER_SIZE_TAG = "$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS)bit_pointer" override_dh_auto_build: dh_auto_build -- -tags $(POINTER_SIZE_TAG)